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NTSB: Puerto Rico ship fire revealed maintenance problems, poor crew training
USA Today Jun 5, 2018 - https://www.fox23.com/news/national-news/ntsb-puerto-rico-ship-fire-reve...

WASHINGTON — Federal investigators on Tuesday blamed the shipping company Baja Ferries’ poor maintenance and safety training for a fire that caused six serious injuries aboard the Caribbean Fantasy near Puerto Rico in 2016.

US may send navy ship through Taiwan Strait
Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali 15 June 2018 https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/us-weighs-warship-passage-through-taiw...

Washington: The United States is considering sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait, US officials say, in a move that could provoke a sharp reaction from Beijing at a time when Sino-US ties are under pressure from trade disputes and the North Korean nuclear crisis.

Hyundai Merchant Marine’s building spree adds to global orderbook
John Paul Hampstead June 05, 2018 https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hmm-building-spree-adds-to-global-orde...

South Korea rebuilding its shipping/export capacity after Hanjin liquidated

GLOBAL: SHIPPING COMPANIES DEBATE FUTURE OF LNG AS A MARINE FUEL
https://www.bunkerspot.com/global/46111-global-shipping-companies-debate...

Panellists from leading shipowners offered insights on a wide range of issues from the business case for investing in LNG, to the impact of shale gas, the prospects for charter and spot rates and future technological trends at Posidonia 2018.

Tanker and cargo ship collision, Russian Inner Waterways
Erofey Schkvarkin June 4, 2018 https://maritimebulletin.net/2018/06/04/tanker-and-cargo-ship-collision-...

Report Shows Connectivity Fundamental to Seafarer Happiness
June 05, 2018 https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/19109-report-shows-connec...

The Mission to Seafarers has published the latest of its ongoing Seafarer Happiness Index reports, which revealed a growing link between onboard connectivity and seafarer happiness levels.

Foreign ship captain goes missing after fall in Ctg sea port
June 05, 2018 https://www.thedailystar.net/city/foreign-ship-mv-erina-captain-cyprus-g...

The captain of a Cyprus-flagged ship went missing as he fell from the vessel into the waters at Chittagong sea port tonight.

Lloyd’s Register invests in the future performance of today’s seafarers
05/06/2018 https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/lloyds-register-invests-in-the-futu...

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has committed to make a donation to Sailors’ Society for every new registration to use their digital table that they receive at their stand during this year’s Posidonia.

U.N. aid boat attacked off Yemen: port authority
Reuters Staff 5 June 2018 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-un/un-aid-boat-attacke...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Unidentified forces attacked a U.N. aid vessel off the main Yemeni port of Hodeidah at the weekend and started a fire in the engine room, port authorities said on Monday.

Harnessing Pakistan’s maritime opportunities
Taj M Khattak JUNE 5, 2018 https://dailytimes.com.pk/249157/harnessing-pakistans-maritime-opportuni...